Hello all,
I am looking for some advice on helping my dd. She seems to only view her performance in terms of where she stands at the end of the meet. We have told her repeatedly that is doesn't matter what place she gets as long as she tries her best. We encourage her to have fun and not worry about it but it doesn't seem that she is able to do so easily.
She won AA in her first meet at L4 2 weeks ago. Now she is saying she has nothing to work for and I can tell she is feeling like she has to win every meet or else it won't be good enough. I don't understand why she feels this way or isn't able to see that she can still improve her individual scores.
We moved her from a USAG gym to the YMCA program to relieve her of some of the pressure she was experiencing so it pains me to see her thinking this way. We talk about small goals that have nothing to do with ribbon color or scores but I don't think she is really getting it.
I'm afraid her next meet won't be any fun if all she is thinking about is what will happen if she doesn't win.
I am looking for some advice on helping my dd. She seems to only view her performance in terms of where she stands at the end of the meet. We have told her repeatedly that is doesn't matter what place she gets as long as she tries her best. We encourage her to have fun and not worry about it but it doesn't seem that she is able to do so easily.
She won AA in her first meet at L4 2 weeks ago. Now she is saying she has nothing to work for and I can tell she is feeling like she has to win every meet or else it won't be good enough. I don't understand why she feels this way or isn't able to see that she can still improve her individual scores.
We moved her from a USAG gym to the YMCA program to relieve her of some of the pressure she was experiencing so it pains me to see her thinking this way. We talk about small goals that have nothing to do with ribbon color or scores but I don't think she is really getting it.
I'm afraid her next meet won't be any fun if all she is thinking about is what will happen if she doesn't win.